1998 World Series of Poker

1998 World Series of Poker
Location	Binion's Horseshoe, Las Vegas, Nevada
Dates	April 21 – May 15
Champion
Scotty Nguyen

The 1998 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was a series of poker tournaments held at Binion's Horseshoe.

Preliminary events

Event	Winner	Prize	Runner-up
$2,000 Limit Hold'em	Farzad Bonyadi	$429,940	Paul Scarim
$1,500 Razz	Doyle Brunson	$93,000	Ray Dehkharghani
$1,500 Limit Omaha	Michael Shadkin	$109,800	Jan Lundberg
$1,500 Seven Card Stud	Kirk Morrison	$148,185	Max Stern
$1,500 Pot Limit Omaha w/Rebuys	Donnacha O'Dea	$154,800	Johnny Chan
$1,500 Seven Card Stud Split	Tommy Hufnagle	$139,305	Don Holt
$2,000 No Limit Hold'em	Jeff Ross	$259,000	Layne Flack
$2,000 Omaha Hi-Lo Split	Chau Giang	$150,960	Carl Bailey
$2,000 Pot Limit Hold'em	Daniel Negreanu	$169,460	Dominic Bourke
$2,500 Seven Card Stud	Artie Cobb	$152,000	Helmut Koch
$2,500 Pot Limit Omaha w/Rebuys	T. J. Cloutier	$136,000	Doyle Brunson
$2,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo Split	Bill Gempel	$120,000	Hershey Entin
$3,000 Limit Hold'em	David Chiu	$205,200	Mickey Seagle
$3,000 Omaha Hi-Lo Split	Paul Rowe	$133,200	James Van Alstyne
$3,000 Pot Limit Hold'em	Steve Rydel	$206,400	Dave Ulliott
$5,000 No Limit Deuce to Seven Draw w/Rebuys	Erik Seidel	$132,750	Lamar Wilkinson
$3,000 No Limit Hold'em	Ken Buntjer	$268,620	Gorden Hall
$5,000 Seven Card Stud	Jan Chen	$208,000	Don Barton
$5,000 Limit Hold'em	Patrick Bruel	$224,000	Robert Redman
$1,000 Ladies' Seven Card Stud	Mandy Commanda	$40,000	Jerri Thomas

Main Event

There were 350 entrants to the main event. Each paid $10,000 to enter the tournament, with the top 27 players finishing in the money. The 1998 Main Event was notable for having only five players reach the official final table for the first time in WSOP Main Event history.

Final table

Name	Number of chips (percentage of total)	WSOP Bracelets*	WSOP Cashes*	WSOP Earnings*
Scotty Nguyen	1,184,000 (33.8%)	1	7	$244,462
Kevin McBride	873,000 (24.9%)	0	1	$25,200
T.J. Cloutier	829,000 (23.7%)	4	27	$1,255,886
Dewey Weum	376,000 (10.7%)	0	9	$135,267
Lee Salem	240,000 (6.9%)	0	2	$23,223

*Career statistics prior to the beginning of the 1998 Main Event.

Final table results

Place	Name	Prize
1st	Scotty Nguyen	$1,000,000
2nd	Kevin McBride	$687,500
3rd	T. J. Cloutier	$437,500
4th	Dewey Weum	$250,000
5th	Lee Salem	$190,000

In The Money Finishes

NB: This list is restricted to In The Money finishers with an existing Wikipedia entry.

Place	Name	Prize
6th	Ben Roberts	$150,000
9th	Paul McKinney	$57,500
10th	Susie Isaacs	$40,000
12th	Bobby Hoff	$40,000
17th	Kathy Liebert	$30,000
20th	Vince Burgio	$25,000
21st	Thor Hansen	$25,000
22nd	Jack Keller	$25,000
23rd	Rod Peate	$25,000
25th	Paul Clark	$25,000
27th	Farzad Bonyadi	$25,000

External links

• 1998 World Series of Poker at The Hendon Mob Poker Database